CVE-2026-105765

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Description

HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.17.0 up to 2.0.4 are vulnerable to an authorization bypass in the agent's service mesh leaf certificate API that may allow an attacker without a valid ACL token to retrieve a cached service leaf certificate and its private key. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-105765) is fixed in Consul Community Edition 2.1.0 and Consul Enterprise 2.1.0 and 1.21.19.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

7.5 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Awaiting Analysis

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-10-26 18:17:28.863000

Last modified

2026-10-26 18:34:17.050000

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  "id": "CVE-2026-105765",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-26T18:17:28.863",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T18:34:17.050",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "HashiCorp Consul and Consul Enterprise 1.17.0 up to 2.0.4 are vulnerable to an authorization bypass in the agent's service mesh leaf certificate API that may allow an attacker without a valid ACL token to retrieve a cached service leaf certificate and its private key. This vulnerability (CVE-2026-105765) is fixed in Consul Community Edition 2.1.0 and Consul Enterprise 2.1.0 and 1.21.19."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "HashiCorp",
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          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "platforms": [
            "64 bit",
            "32 bit",
            "x86",
            "ARM",
            "MacOS",
            "Windows",
            "Linux"
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/hashicorp/consul",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "1.17.0",
              "lessThan": "2.1.0",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "vendor": "HashiCorp",
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            "32 bit",
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            "ARM",
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          ],
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          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "1.17.0",
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              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected",
              "changes": [
                {
                  "at": "1.21.19",
                  "status": "unaffected"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
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          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
          "baseScore": 7.5,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
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      }
    ]
  },
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Secondary",
      "description": [
        {
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          "value": "CWE-862"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/hcsec-2026-46-consul-vulnerable-to-an-authorization-bypass-in-the-agents-service-mesh-leaf-certificate-api/77911",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}